'He has more first-hand knowledge of Latin America than anybody else I can think of, and uses it to tell the world of the dreams and disillusions, the hopes and failures of its people... Galeano denounces exploitation with uncompromising ferocity, yet this book is almost poetic in its description of solidarity and human capacity for survival in the midst of the worst kind of despoliation' -Isabel Allende

'This book is a monument in our Latin American history. It allows us to learn history, and we have to build on this history'

-Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela

'I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Galeano's vision is unswerving, surgical and yet immensely generous and humane... Eduardo Galeano ought to be a household name'

-Arundhati Roy

A superbly written, excellently translated, and powerfully persuasive exposé which all students of Latin American and U.S. history must read. - Choice

Well written and passionately stated, this is an intellectually honest and valuable study. - Library Journal

A dazzling barrage of words and ideas. - History

爱德华多·加莱亚诺(Eduardo Hughes Galeano)，男，1940年生，乌拉圭记者、作家和小说家，生于蒙得维的亚，14岁时创作的政治漫画被报刊采用，先后担任过周刊、日报的记者、编辑、主编。1973年乌拉圭发生军事政变后入狱。曾流亡12年并被列入阿根廷军事政权的死亡名单。其作品已被翻译为超过20种语言。著有《火的记忆》（1986）和《拉丁美洲被切开的血管》（1971）。2010年荣获斯蒂格·达格曼奖。